Cover
Preface
A Letter From Doctor Shoyo Tsubo-Uchi, The Best Authority On Japanese Drama
Contents
List Of Illustrations
Introduction
I: Literature And The Populace In Old Japan
II: The Origin Of The Japanese Drama And Its Varieties
III: The Yokyoku Or No Plays
IV: The Kyogen, Or Comic Interludes
V: The Kabuki Plays, Or Plays Of The Popular Theatre
VI: The Joruri Or Puppet Play
VII: Life And Works Of Chikamatsu; Shinju Mono Or Plays Treating Of Love Suicide And The Causes Of Love Suicide
VIII: Characteristics Of Chikamatsu
IX: Chikamatsu8217;s Contemporaries And The Subsequent History Of The Puppet Play
X: Present Condition Of Puppetry8212;Two Types Of Puppet
XI: The Regular Theatre Of New Japan
The Almanac Of Love
The Almanac Of Love
Fair Ladies At A Game Of Poem-Cards
Fair Ladies At A Game Of Poem-Cards
The Courier For Hades
The Courier For Hades
The Love Suicide At Amijima
The Love Suicide At Amijima
The Adventures Of The Hakata Damsel
The Adventures Of The Hakata Damsel
The Tethered Steed
The Tethered Steed.